maggoty
/ˈmæɡəti/adjective
maggoty is an adjective meaning “Infested with or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled M-A-G-G-O-T-Y, and it appears about once in every 49 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does maggoty mean?
adjective
- 1
Infested with or partially eaten by maggots; flyblown.
- 2
datedFull of whims; capricious; freakish.
- 3
derogatoryUnpleasant or bad-tempered.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce maggoty?
- /ˈmæɡəti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of maggoty
- more maggoty comparative
- maggotier comparative, rare
- most maggoty superlative
- maggotiest rare, superlative
- maggotty
- magotty
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is maggoty?
Maggoty appears about once in every 49 million words in written English, the 217,360th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Maggoty in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense infested with and/or partially eaten by maggots:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | madig, wurmstichig |
| Spanish | agusanado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does maggoty come from?
From maggot + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).